Task Force Degamo will be working on maintaining peace and order in Negros Island following the killing of Governor Roel Degamo and eight others a month ago.
MANILA, Philippines – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday, April 3, ordered the creation of a Special Task Force to “preserve peace” in Negros Island a month after Negros Oriental Governor RoelThe task force, named after Degamo, is chaired by Interior Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. with Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla and Defense Officer-In-Charge Undersecretary Carlito Galvez as vice chairs.
The chiefs of the Philippine National Police, Armed Forces of the Philippines, and the director of the National Bureau of Investigation will be the task force commanders. Administrative Order Number 6, signed on April 3 but released to the public only the day after, says “there is a need to create a Special Task Force to prevent the spread and escalation of violence elsewhere in the Philippines, and to preserve the peace and order in Negros Island, with due regard to the fundamental civil and political rights of the people.”
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